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Wyatt Cenac, a favorite among many of the Feministing crew for his antics on the Daily Show and beyond, has his first solo special premiering on Comedy Central this weekend (Saturday, May 14th, 11pm EST). Samhita, Vanessa, and I had a chance to catch the taping, so we can guarantee you some A-grade political commentary. Like this:

We snagged Mr. Cenac, a Feministing reader by the way, for a couple of questions in anticipation of his special in a few days:

Feministing: You do a lot of awesome race commentary in the show. Who are your favorite people to read on the racial ridiculousness of the day?

Cenac: This seems like a Palin-style gotcha media set up question. I expected better, Feministing. That said I don’t know if I go fishing for racial craziness as much as it just floats to the surface like hate filled marshmallows in the cup of cocoa called life.

Feministing: There’s a lot of hullabaloo about women being bad comedians. Your thoughts?

Cenac: I know too many great comedians who also happen to be women to give that any credence. Granted I’m saying this to a website devoted to women’s issues, but pandering aside, it always feels like an easy cop out to say “women aren’t funny” especially if as an audience member you never seek out new and different comedians but rather wait for somebody to present you with a list of comics that you should like.

Hi everybody, I’m Doug. This is my first time doing a male feminist meeting.

Hi, Doug. [applause]

I guess I’ll just start off talking about what kind of feminist I am. I’ve never hired a geisha. [Applause] I’ve been saying to ladies on the street, Are you a doctor? Hi, I’m sorry, are you a doctor? Just so there’s not a feeling of it like only men can be doctors. When I watch TV I’m never like, Oh man, look at that lady, man. Woah, she’s a blond, she’s a brunette, she’s a red head. Well, what the hell does ...

At the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year, Viola Davis won the title of outstanding lead actress in a dramaand gave this great speech on diversity and representation in Hollywood, thanking the creators of How to Get Away With Murder for believing that a “sexualized, messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old, dark-skinned, African-American woman who looks like me.”

This year also marked the first time in the SAG awards history that both lead actress titles went to black women, as Uzo Aduba won for outstanding lead actress in a comedy for her role in Orange Is the New Black. Still, there’s always more progress to be made. As Davis said on the red carpet, “We’re in the 21st century now. People ...

At the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year, Viola Davis won the title of outstanding lead actress in a dramaand gave this great speech on diversity and representation in Hollywood, thanking the creators of How to Get ...